Trolling is a art. From full-fledged flame wars to intentional spelling and grammatical errors, trolling has become a part of everyday life. So! With all that in mind, here some of Dusty Cartridge’s most trollerific video game villains. Read More »
Surgeon Simulator 2013 lets us gleefully smash a comatose patient’s ribcage into bite sized pieces with a surgical hammer and dislodge his organs with a sterilised power drill before carelessly flopping a healthy donor transplant – along with a cheap digital watch and several shards from a shattered beaker – into the mangled cavity. Read More »
Zeno Clash II is a game designed by The Beatles after they cosplayed as The Flintstones, ingested a cocktail of hallucinogenic drugs, and then punched the crap out of each other for five hours straight… or at least it could have been. Read More »
There has been a lot of rumours surrounding Microsoft’s next foray into the console market and, as it turns out, not many of them were true. But the dust has settled and Microsoft has officially pulled the curtain back on the Xbox One. Read More »
With 25 million physical copies sold The Elder Scrolls has become one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, dwarfing Demon’s and Dark Souls humble 4 million by six-fold. But sales play no role in determining which RPG classic will advance to the 2nd round of this elimination tournament, this is all about the games themselves. Read More »
I once wanted to be a game developer, no really I did. When I caught a glimpse of Game Dev Tycoon I couldn’t help but wonder what life would’ve been like had I decided to pursue my dreams of becoming a … uhh … game dev tycoon. Read More »
I wrote a question piece a little while ago asking where the place of violence was in video games in response to the few critics that jumped on Their Little Ponies and said that “Hey, BioShock Infinite didn’t even need to be violent!”. More often than not, these same critics had previously shouted praise at Tomb Raider and the love they felt for her because she was ‘vulnerable’ and ‘just trying her best’. Read More »
When I heard about Persona 4 Arena, the only things I really knew about it was that it was being developed by Arc System Works (the brilliant team behind the BlazBlue series). However, Arena turned out to be more than just an excuse to get my arcade stick out – it was a surprise present that gave me something new in a genre I’d felt had gotten almost too comfortable with itself. Read More »
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